Trump Tours Ohio Pharma Plant, Pushes Drug‑Price Agenda and Targets Rep. Thomas Massie

Trump visits Thermo Fisher Scientific to tout drug‑price plan while eyeing Kentucky primary. He toured the Cincinnati‑area manufacturer, promoted his administration’s push for lower prescription prices abroad, and announced a campaign stop in Rep. Thomas Massie’s Kentucky district, where he backs challenger Ed Gallrein [1][8][9].

He claims “strong negotiating talent” forced countries to approve price cuts, threatening tariffs. Trump told reporters his team pressured nations with tariff threats to secure immediate approvals for reduced drug costs [1][6].

After the Supreme Court struck down broad tariffs, Trump reinstated some via executive order. The court’s decision nullified many of his trade levies, but he used an executive order to restore select tariffs and linked the drug‑price effort to Republican prospects in the November midterms [7][1].

Trump hailed the 12‑day U.S. campaign against Iran as a “tremendous military success.” He called the operation an “excursion” that keeps the United States out of a larger war and predicted oil and gas prices would soon decline [1][4].

Economic indicators have slipped: gas prices rise, stocks fall, and massive job cuts reported. Gas prices are surging, stock markets that hit record highs have slipped, and February saw an unexpected loss of 92,000 jobs with further revisions removing 69,000 jobs from earlier payroll data [11][12][13][10].

Trump brands Massie the “worst congressman,” while Massie says the endorsement is Gallrein’s only asset. Trump posted on his platform that Massie is the party’s worst member; Massie replied that Gallrein “has promised to be a rubber stamp” and that the endorsement is “all my opponent has going for him” [8][9].